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By ZAC MILBANK | Twitter @zacmilbank Port Adelaide great Tim Ginever is pulling on the boots again, lining up for his second season of McDonald’s AFL9s in the South Parklands. Launching the 2015/16 McDonald’s AFL9s Spring Season, Ginever said he…

Those who have ever kicked a Sherrin know how tricky mastering the finer points of AFL can be. Throw in the facts that English is not your first language and you’ve never seen a game of Australian football and it…

Check out the AFL’s alternative version of the game – McDonald’s AFL 9s. It’s a fast, free-flowing game that involves 9 players on each team playing on a smaller field. Best of all, it’s touch football with no tackling or…

Adversity and commitment are terms often thrown around at footy clubs, but the Griffith Moorooka AFC Masters know both better than most. After one of their team mates was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer in 2014 the GMAFC Masters…

The Byron Bay McDonald’s AFLs 9s Invitational is back for 2015 following success of last year’s inaugural event. Nominations are now open for the two-day tournament, with teams set to battle it out for $20 000 total prize money at…

The AFL today announced McDonald’s Australia as the League’s official restaurant partner and new naming rights sponsor of the competition’s nine-a-side, social version of Australian football, AFL 9s. The four-year agreement will see McDonald’s Australia take over naming rights for…

AFL Northern Territory this week opened registrations for an AFL 9s competition encouraging wider participation in the Territories most popular sport. With 15% of all Territorians already involved in Australian Football in the Northern Territory, festivals such as the Darwin…